Improvement in skates



`n-itrh .tatre @stent @fitte JOHN W. POST, 0F CASTILE, NEW `YORK.

Letters Patent No. 67,799, dated August 13, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN SKATES.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Beit known that I,JOIIN W. POST, of Castile, in the county of Wyoming-',and State of New. York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in`Skates; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full and exactdescription of the same, suihcient to enable others skilled in the artto which my invention appertains to understand and use the saine,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which make part ofthis specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of my improvedskate, and

Figure 2 a side elevation of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding partsin the twofigures.

The nature of my invention consists in providing the under side of theplate of a skate withanl eccentric spring-latch, and in providing theclamps which hold the fore part of the boot with screw-threads, whichlitinto lateral sockets at right'angles with the skate-iron, which areprovided with female screwthreads,

A, in the drawings, may represent the foot-plate and B the runner ot' askate, which are securely attached to ca ch other. Forming part of thestandard C, and attached to the under side ofthe plate A, are sockets DD, which may be cast, with the plateA and standards C C', in one piece,and which are provide-d with female screw-threads, into which lit thelateral screw ends e'of th'eclnmps E E. I am aware that sockets havebeen before used to receive the clamps to hold the skate to the boot,but they are tightened by a set-screwand liable to become loose at anymoment, if anything should touch the said set-screws, whilst hy'myinvention the clamps may be set to suit the boot, when the-pressureexerted against them by the sole of the boot will tend-:to hold themsecurely in place. Should they wear away, any -one turn of the clampwill tighten them again. F isa springlatch,consisting of theacorn-shapedpart f, pivoted at y to the under side of the plate A, whichon each side belges inward, asshown at z', and the lever partfl,'provided at its under side with aknob or handle, f2. A pin, L, preventsthe latch from swinging out further than is necessary to clear the pointof the latch from the heel of the boot. The:cross-piece G ofthe plate Ais provided on its under side with a notch, g', to receive the leverpartf of the springlatch, when the skate issecured to the boot. H is ablunt pin, east in one piece with the plate A and standard C. Heretoforepointed steel points have been used in skates, which had to be madeseparately and secured to the plate. In fastening thesepoints into theheel this latter is usually spoiled. My blunt point is made at hardlyany cost, and fits into a hole prepared in tbeheel of the-boot.

To attach my improved skate, I place the plate A diagonally across thesole of the boot, allowing the fore part of the foot to rest between theclamps E E. I then bring the skate in line with the boot, which clamps EE.` The `pin H passes into the hole in the heel fitted to receive it,and the latch F is turned from the position shown in red lines to theposition shown in black lines, the point entering the inner verticalfaceof the heel, and securely holding the same and preventing it fromslipping upwards, 'whilst lateral movement is prevented by the pin H.The latch F cannot move, the lever party"l resting in the notch'g, theside which is not pivoted bearing against the bulging part z' of the.plate A, and the point resting'in the depression `7' of the cross-pieceJ.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The foot-plate A, constructed and arranged as shown, with theinclined screw-sockets D cast on its under side, into which sockets thescrew-clamps E fit, substantially as described.

2. The eccentric spring-latch F, constructed and operated substantiallyas described, pivoted to the under -side of the plate A for the purposeset forth. 3. In combination with the eccentric spring-latch F, theblunt pin H, cast in one piece with the p late n,

substantially as and for the purposes described.

The above specification of my improvementin skates signed this 23d dayof May, 1867.

JOHN W. POST. v

Wituessest ALExn A. C. KLAUeKs, C. KELLER.

